Coast Guard stops smuggling boat in North County, takes 19 migrants into custody

Coast Guard intercepts suspected human smuggling boat near Oceanside

Video above: This Nexstar Media video explains the deportation process. OCEANSIDE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) cutter intercepted a suspected human smuggling operation early Tuesday morning, discovering 19 individuals aboard a small boat adrift roughly 23 miles west of Oceanside's coast. Around 2:15 a.m., a crew from the Coast Guard Cutter David Duren (WPC 1156) located and boarded a 25-foot cuddy cabin vessel, which matched…

Coast Guard stops smuggling boat in North County, takes 19 migrants into custody

Coast Guard cutters during an operation off the San Diego County coast. (File photo courtesy USCG) The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a cabin cruiser involved in an apparent human-smuggling attempt gone awry off the coast of Oceanside early Tuesday, officials said. Authorities took 19 suspected undocumented immigrants into custody. Crew members of the USCG cutter David Duren boarded the 25-foot private boat about 25 miles offshore of North County …

Coast Guard rescues man from cruise ship off Coos Bay, Oregon

The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember from a cruise ship approximately 15 miles offshore of Coos Bay, Oregon, Easter Sunday.

84-yo passenger medevaced from TUI's ship Mein Schiff 3

On April 20, 2025, an 84-year-old German passenger aboard the TUI cruise ship Mein Schiff 3 experienced a severe cardiac event while the vessel was...